Keeping women poor
Maureen Lane, co-director of Welfare Rights Initiative at Hunter College, has an article at Alternet (via TomPaine) about how the Department of Health and Human Services’ handling of welfare programs is keeping women poor.
Study after study has shown that when people receiving welfare have the chance to get an education -- whether it's earning a college degree, securing a GED or mastering the English language -- their family incomes and long-term prospects improve far more than those families who remain trapped in low-wage jobs. Yet dead-end low-wage positions without benefits or security are frequently the only jobs people pushed off the rolls without education and training are able to secure in this economy.
Make sure to check out the whole thing; it's good stuff.
Related: Don't forget that the Bush administration would rather see women married than with a job.
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Related: Don't forget that the Bush administration would rather see women married than with a job.
Even if you take away the extreme sexist connotations of this (and that's a big ask) Isn't this just moving the problem elsewhere. Like saying wouldn't it be cheaper if men paid for all the poor women rather than the state.
Very anger inducing...
my sister is diabetic, and it makes me so sad that bush is so concerned with the lives of a fetus that the life of my 4-year old sister has so little hope for improvement. indeed, stem-cell research has tons of potential for so many people... but i'm sure i'm preaching to the proverbial choir. the real reason i wanted to comment was to commend you all for noticing hunter college's wri. i am a student at hunter, and without the welfare rights initiative, many of us would not be able to afford our educations. it's a fantastic program and one i hope other schools can model similar programs after.